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LAW: Generally accepted, verified, fundamental principle of nature. Laws have been tested and verified through the scientific method. As a house is constructed from concrete, lumber, and nails, a theory is constructed from laws. To be a fundamental law of nature, a principle must capture a cause-and-effect relationship about the workings of the world.

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Lesson 4: Production Possibilities | Unit 5: Investment Page: 23 of 24

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Scarcity is THE economic problem. Investment in capital goods is the source of economic growth and progress that lessens the scarcity problem.
  • Some investment is good, but lot of investment is not necessarily better.
  • If we produce only capital goods and no consumption goods, eventually, with no consumption, people would die.
  • The trick is to strike a balance between capital goods and consumption goods.
  • Answering this question puts us into the realm of normative economics.

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LABOR FORCE

The total number of people in an economy, society, or country willing and able to exert mental and/or physical efforts in productive activities. The labor force is a more technical term for the labor resource or labor supply. It includes both employed workers and unemployed workers. An official variation of this term is civilian labor force. While labor force may or may not include military personnel, the civilian labor force explicitly excludes the military. Labor and labor resources are the theoretical terms that economists like to banter about. Labor force and civilian labor force are the terms of choice for government policy makers, data-crunchers, and others who need precise labor resource numbers.

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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a going out of business sale wanting to buy either a combination CD player, clock radio, and telephone (with answering machine) or a revolving spice rack. Be on the lookout for celebrities who speak directly to you through your television.
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John Maynard Keynes was born the same year Karl Marx died.
"A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must . . . be undaunted when the going gets tough."

-- President Ronald Reagan

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